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Embolotherium grangeri

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Embolotherium grangeri was named by Osborn (1929). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. 26002, a skull (cranium with elongated rostrum), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Urtyn Obo "Middle Red" Beds, which is in an Ulangochuian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Ulan Gocho Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Embolotherium grangeri Osborn p. 14
1929Embolotherium loucksii Osborn p. 16
1943Titanodectes minor Granger and Gregory p. 368
1943Titanodectes ingens Granger and Gregory p. 370
1980Embolotherium insigne Yanovskaya
2008Embolotherium grangeri Mihlbachler p. 413

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
—Embolotheriita()
genusEmbolotherium
speciesgrangeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Embolotherium grangeri Osborn 1929
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Invalid names: Embolotherium insigne Yanovskaya 1980 [synonym], Embolotherium loucksii Osborn 1929 [synonym], Titanodectes ingens Granger and Gregory 1943 [synonym], Titanodectes minor Granger and Gregory 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Mader 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ulangochuian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ulangochuian37.71 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Embolotherium grangeri (type locality: 73809) Embolotherium loucksii (73811)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) Embolotherium grangeri (174915 180729)